gardening

Stone trough planted with a variety of ferns as a garden feature, cut to white

Building a garden tool rack with spaces for garden forks, half moon, edgeing tool, shears, edging clippes, in a garden on a patio

Picture showing black death virus effects on a hellebore flower and on the leaves

Purple hostas in a blue and white flower pot

Leaf showing signs of fungal wilt with infected branch behind; the leaf is discoloured and wilted

Lily of the valley growing in a large old terra cotta flower pot

Spruce Bark beetle Ips typographus inset illustration against a background showing maternal and larval galleries in bark

Water lily leaf showing damage from caterpillars of china mark moth who nibble the edges of the leaves and make folded floating ods from the leaves. Blue water background and inset detail of the caterpillar,

Rosemary beetles on rosemary showing metallic markings, cut to white

Hand picnhing out the growing tip of a busy lizzie plant to encourage lateral growth

Large grey or metal pot full of growing plants with red flowers and foliage making for a centre pice or point of focus in the garden

Leaves and bud and flower of a rose covered wuith powdery mildew and mould, and causing discolouration of the leaves

Garden with plastic sheet on the grass catching the bamboo cuttings which are being taken off the potted plants with secateurs. Dead leaves piled up and blue sky behind

Little rocket seedlings growing in a seedling tray in compost, ready to be thinned out or planted on

Robin Erithacus rubecula with a worm in its beak returning to an open fronted nest box attached to the trunk of a tree with a blue sky behind

Common toad Bufo bufo with wildlife friendly garden home